Where does “enhorabuena” come from?

enhorabuena (Spanish) comes from Spanish buena, from Spanish bueno, from Old Spanish bueno, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

enhorabuena (Spanish): congratulations

Definitions

  1. congratulations

Ancestry of “enhorabuena”, step by step

enhorabuena traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish buena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbuenafeminine singular of bueno
2Spanishbuenogood; fine; okay; fine
3Old Spanishbuenogood
4Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
5Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
6Proto-Italicdwenosgood
7Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via Spanish hora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhorahour; time; high time
2Latinhōrahour
3Ancient Greekὥραany defined period of time; season; climate
4Proto-Hellenic*worā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Spanish en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishenin, at, on; in; used after some verbs and...
2Old Spanishen—
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew- →